Reversible-window supporter.



E. HOLS INGER. REVERSIBLE WINDOW SUPPORTER.

APPLICATION FILED MAR.23, 1914. 1 1 32,520, Patented Mar. 16, 1915.

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EUGENE HOLSINGEB, OF SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA.

REVERSIBLE-WINDOW SUPPOBTER.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, EUGENE :Honsmcna, a citizen of the United States, residing at San Francisco, in the county of'San Francisco, State of California, have invented a new and useful Reversible-Window Supporter, of which the following is a specification in such .full and clear terins as will enable those skilled in the art to construct and use the same.

This invention relates to a reversible window and its object is to provide a device for holding the sash in any desired position of adjustment to enable the sash to. be moved out to a position so that the outside of the glass will be facing into the room, thereby enabling the window to be easily washed.

Other o jects of the inventionjwill ap pear as the description proceeds.

An embodiment of the invention is shown in the drawing in'which the same reference numeral is applied to the same portion throughout, but I am aware that there are many modifications thereof.

Figure 1 is a perspective view showing an upper and lower sash in a window frame with both sashes open, Fig. 2 is a horizontal view partly in section on the line 2-2 Fig. 1, Fig. 3 is a side elevation of a portion of the window frame and the lower .sash and a portion of the upper sash, Fig. 4-is a side elevation of one side of the window frame showing the lower sash in the position ready for reversing, the sash being shown in dotted lines in its open position, Fig-.5 is a view in side elevation of one of the sashes illustrating the way the sash and hanger appear when the sash has been reversed,

Fig. 6 is an enlarged view of a portion 0tv the hanger illustrating the position occupied by the lugs on the hanger when the window is about tobe reversed, and. Fig. 7 is aview of a portion of the hanger illustrating the position ordinarily occupied by the hanger when the window is in one of the a Specification of Letters Patent. Patented M 16, 1915.

Application filed March 23, 1914. Serial No. 826,795.

of the sash, a spring 12 normally holding the slides against the grooves 13 and 14 at the side of the casing. The window sash rail adjacent to each of theslides is reinforced with ametal band 15 in order to prevent the sash rail from being split when in use. The sash stops 16 and 17 are each grooved out as indicated at 18 for the pur- The link 21 is provided with an intur ned flange 25 which flange is so placed as to be able to turn around the pivot 26 below an outwardly turned flange 27 when the link 22 has its shoulder 28 in contact with the flange 27. However, the flange 25 is so formed with respect to the flange 27 that in the position illustrated in Figs. 4 and 6 the link 22 can swing outwardly on its pivot 29 and permit the sash to he turned upside down as illustrated in Fig. 5, in which position it is possible to clean the outside .of the window pane without the necessity of stepping out of the room. It will also be observed that in any other position than that in which the shoulder 28 can move away from the flange 27 the flange 25 will contact with the underside of the flange 27 and hold the pivot 26 securely in one position, this being the position commonly occupied by the window when it is desired to ventilate the room, such as is illustrated in Fig. 4 in dotted lines. It

will be observed that the springs bearing on the slides 8 and 9 are heavy enough to cause the slides to bear on the sides of the casing with sufiicient force to hold the window in substantially any desired adjustment, except when the window is turned upside down, in which event the window may be held by hand until the washing operation is completed, whereupon it will be returned to its n rmal position.

An advantage of the construction shown herein lies in the fact that the window is of such form as to practically seal out snow and. water because of the window stop and the additional shoulder formed adjacent to the grooves 13 and 14 in the window frame. In order to prevent the window slide from traveling -too far down the groove in the window frame, a stop 8' is secured in each groove at such a place as will permit the sash slides to move down far enough to permit the sash to be reversed. This stop comprises a plate held in place bymeans of a screw 8.

' lows, modifications within the scope of the 16 claims being expressly reserved:'

Having thus described my invention what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is as fol- 1. A reversible window' comprising a frame, a sash therein, slides pivoted to the .sash and movable in the frame, a pair of plates secured respectively to the sash and frame, andtwo pairs of links having one end pivoted together and'their other end pivoted in the plates to permit the sash to be moved through an angle of substantially 180.

2. In a reversible window, a window framehaving guide ways therein, a sash supported ,in said window frame, slides pivotallv connected with the window sash and slidable in the guide wavs of the window frame, links connecting the sash and the Window frame, one of said links having a curved flange to prevent the window sash from.moving freely out and the other link having a lug to cooperate with the link having the curved flange.

3. In a reversible window, a window frame having guide Ways therein, a sash supported in said window frame, slides at the upper end of the sash and slidable in the Wide ways of the window frame, plates secured, respectively, to the window frame and the sash, a link pivoted to each plate, a pivot connecting the ends of said links, a stop lug therefor carried by the plate on the window frame to hold the sash in any desired adjustment, a projection carried by one of the links to cocperate with the plate on the window frame, said projection being so formed as to permit the release of the other link when the sash moves to a particular position.

4. A reversible window comprising a window frame, a sash supportedtherein, pivoted slides at the upper end of the sash movable along the window fra1ne,.a plate connected to thewindow sash, a second plate connected to the window frame and having a projecting lug, a link pivoted to the plate and secured on'the Window frame and havin .the presence of the two subscribed witnesses. v EUGENE HOLSINGERH Witnesses: I i

CARLos P. GRIFFIN HENRY B. LISTER. 

